Since its launch in 2018, the Apollo Test Set has helped to save time on thousands of sites by aiding Engineers in fault finding and loop management.
The Research and Development Team has designed some exciting new features for the Loop Tester and the firmware update will be available on the website with a few simple clicks from 18th August.
What are the new features?
The two new main features of this update are:
- Drift Management
- Soft Addressing
Drift Management
Drift management assists maintenance engineers with the display of contamination as a percentage
Designed to assist maintenance engineers, this new feature will display the contamination as a percentage for Discovery & Soteria detectors. This loop view screen is simple, clear, and designed to aid planning for future maintenance visits and reduce the time spent on site.
Compatible with: Discovery Optical Smoke Detector, Discovery Multisensor Detector, Soteria Optical Smoke Detector, Soteria Multisensor Detector
Soft Addressing
This alternative addressing option allows the installer to soft address Soteria devices by connecting them to the Apollo Test Set. This offers an additional addressing method rather than using the XPERT Card, allowing flexibility in installation.
Devices that are soft addressed will operate with XP95, Discovery, and CoreProtocol panels. Compatible with: Soteria devices
fault-finding tool updated
Apollo is looking forward to providing more features to improve the Apollo Test Set in the future
“We were pleased to spend the time updating this important fault-finding tool and are confident that the new drift management and soft addressing features will help to reduce the time spent on-site by the engineer."
"We are looking forward to providing more features to improve the Apollo Test Set in the future”, said Roger Pimlott, Research & Development Projects Team.
How to download the firmware?
Visit the website from 18th August and click on the Test Set page under Training & Support. Instructions on how to download the firmware will be available alongside a demonstration video on how to use the new features.
For those would like further information on the Loop Tester, visit the product page or register for the ‘An Introduction to the Apollo Test Set’ webinar on 19th August 2020 at 11 am.